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https://doi.org/10.54062/jb.5.2.2
A mortuary archaeological study of the Late Antiquity site of Cortijo Coracho, Lucena, Córdoba, Spain, through the grave goods
Ricardo Ortega-Ruiz
; 1Instituto de Formación Profesional en Ciencias Forenses, London, United Kingdom 2Universidad Isabel I, Burgos, Spain
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D. Botella Ortega
; Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Lucena, Córdoba, Spain
S. Carrascal Olmo
; 1Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Lucena, Córdoba, Spain 2Instituto de Arqueología de la Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
J. Botero Castro
; 1Instituto de Formación Profesional en Ciencias Forenses, London, United Kingdom 2Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia
V. A. Yepes López
; Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia
* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
Funerary spaces allow us to learn a large part of unwritten history through the application of archaeological methodology and techniques. In this way, they allow us to understand the beliefs of a society and its adaptation to ritual changes.
In this paper, we will present the characterizations resulting from studies of funerary rituals, grave goods, and the bioarchaeological studies of a sample dated to Late Antiquity in the city of Lucena, Córdoba, Spain, conducted with the local Archaeological Museum, giving a preliminary overview of the variability in mortuary practices in the site during the period.
The Cortijo Coracho necropolis features an associated basilica with a chronology ranging from the 4th to the 8th centuries AD, showing the adaptation of this religious building to different rituals, from the Roman Imperial period to the Visigothic period, including a brief Byzantine period. Likewise, burial typologies support this chronology, which ranges from the late Roman imperial era to the arrival of the Germanic peoples.
297 burials were recovered, containing 424 individuals. These burials were modestly structured, reused, and contained few grave goods. The objective is to demonstrate the connection between burial systems, grave goods, and the biological features of individuals during the Germanic period in ancient Baetica in Hispania, in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their conception of funerary ritual.
Ključne riječi
mortuary archaeology; Cortijo Coracho; Late Antiquity; grave goods
Hrčak ID:
351255
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Datum izdavanja:
9.4.2026.
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